Safe Software Announces Immediate Availability of FME 2004
Vancouver, B.C. – December 4, 2003 – Safe Software Inc. announces the immediate availability of FME Suite 2004. FME Suite 2004 is the latest version of its Spatial ETL (Extract, Transform, and Load) tool that makes it easy to share and transform data between over 100 Geographic Information System (GIS), Computer-Aided Design (CAD), and database systems. This year marks the 10th Anniversary of Safe Software Inc.
Powerful new additions to FME 2004 include FME Application Extenders for ESRI ArcGIS 8.3 and Autodesk Envision. FME Application Extenders enable users to directly read FME-supported formats from within their preferred GIS application. FME 2004 also introduces customized formats. Users can author customized formats in FME Workbench by packaging existing input formats with FME transformations and saving them as a new format. The result can then be used in exactly the same way as any of the over 100 input formats that are natively supported within FME.
“We are very excited by the capabilities of FME 2004,” said Don Murray, President of Safe Software Inc. “This release is the culmination of several years of work, both in terms of the Workbench user interface and the underlying processing that it allows users to exploit. The new customized formats combined with any FME Objects application, including the Application Extenders, bring the complete transformation power of FME directly into a wide variety of users and scenarios, and will result in many streamlined workflows.”
Format support has been expanded to include Design File Version 8 writing, AutoCAD 2004 reading, ESRI GML reading/writing, IBM DB2 Spatial/Attribute reading/writing, ArcGIS Binary Grid reading, and NIMA Geonet Names Server reading. Newly added transformers include a Tiler, SpatialFilter, and SchemaMapper.
To view a complete and detailed list of the new additions in FME 2004, visit www.safe.com/2004. To watch the release movie visit www.safe.com/2004movie.
For a free evaluation of FME Suite 2004, visit www.safe.com.
More about FME
FME consists of three main components: a translation engine, a transformation editor, and a viewer. FME Suite also includes developer tools, application extenders, and coordinate conversion support. For a free evaluation, visit www.safe.com.
Availability
The FME Suite 2004 software bundle is available for Windows XP, 2000; Sun SPARC Solaris 8, 7, and 2.6; HP-UX 11; IBM RS/6000 AIX 4; Red Hat Linux Intel 6.2, 7.1, AS 2.1; Mac OS X, 10.2, 10.3.
Not all FME Suite capabilities are available on all platforms. Pricing includes the first year of maintenance.
More about Safe Software
Safe Software Inc. is the industry leader in Spatial ETL (Extract, Transform, and Load) technologies. Safe Software provides both spatial data transformation solutions and professional services. For more information, visit www.safe.com.
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Media Contact:
Catherine Ducharme
Acting Director of Marketing
Safe Software Inc.
(604) 813-6104
catherine.ducharme@safe.com
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